Archive for May, 2009

Core 2 Duo Successors

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The Intel has introduced three variants in Core i7 series of processors. These processors are assumed to be the replacement for the Core 2 Duo series of processors in the near future. These processors are based on Intels Nehalem Microarchitecture. The Core i7 processors were code-named as Bloomfiels and Bloomfield Extreme Edition. These processors only support DDR3 memory and the Front-Side Bus is replaced with the Intel QuickPath Interconnect.

Cache Memory

  • 32 KB L1 for Instruction per Core.
  • 32 KB L1 for Data per Core.
  • 256 KB L2 Cache Memory for each Core (Data & Instruction).
  • 8 MB L3 Cache Memory shared by all Core.

Its is based on 45 nm technology and 731 million transistors.

Nokia N72

nokia-n72-blackThe Nokia N72 is a 3G phone which has a built-in 2.0 megapixel camera. It comes in a wide range of colour including pink, black with silver outline and black with gold outline. Among the black with silver outline has a stunning look. The camera can be switched on simply by sliding the doors at the back downwards, which eliminates the use of menus to switch on a camera. It is easy to switch from image-videos and video-image mode. It has a flash light but that does not sounds good. The picture taken from the phone during the day time is good but at night the picture quality will diminish.

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When speaking about the music, it has a built-in misic player to play songs and Realplayer to play the videos. You can enjoy music in headphones but the speaker does not sounds good like the sony ericsson mobile phones.

Regarding the GPRS and Internet they can get you a speed around 5kb/sec(max) in normal network but when it comes to a 3G network it will be like a true broadband. So people who have 3G network in their town/city can prefer this phone rather going for a landline broadband connection.

MSI Megabook PR201

The MSI Megabook PR201 is a lightweight and ultra portable laptop which is priced around 61,000INR. The laptp has Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor running at 2.26 GHz,  it has a L2 cache of 3MB and the front side bus speeds at 1066 MHz. It has a disk capacity of 250 GB and a DVD writer for storage. It has a 12.1 inch wide-screen display. It also features GMA X4500 integrated graphics solutions as a part of G45 chipset.

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Specification

weight               2.1KG

Processor            Intel Core 2 Duo P8400

RAM Memory           1 GB

HDD                  250 GB

Display              12.1 inch

Wi-Fi                802.11 b/g.

And above all the laptop has a battery life of five and half hours which are ideal for mobile computing. The placement of CTRL key in the keyboard may be difficult for some users but long time prictice may overcome this issue.